[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50606-50607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25280]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-289]


GPU Nuclear, Inc.; Notice of Denial of Amendment to Facility 
Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied a 
request by GPU Nuclear, Inc., (licensee) for an amendment to Facility 
Operating License No. DPR-50 issued to the licensee for operation of 
the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, located in Dauphin 
County, PA. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was 
published in the Federal Register on May 14, 1997, (62 FR 26572).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to seek 
approval from the Commission pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59(c) to allow a 
modification for permanent removal of the TMI-1 reactor vessel missile 
shields.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be 
granted. The licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the 
proposed change by a letter dated September 16, 1998.

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    By October 22, 1998, the licensee may demand a hearing with respect 
to the denial described above. Any person whose interest may be 
affected by this proceeding may file a written petition for leave to 
intervene.
    A request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be 
filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public 
Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, 
by the above date.
    A copy of any petitions should also be sent to the Office of the 
General Counsel, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, and to Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts, & 
Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the 
licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated March 31, 1997, as supplemented June 3, 
1998, and July 13, 1998, and (2) the Commission's letter to the 
licensee dated September 16, 1998.
    These documents are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at 
the Law/Government Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania, 
(Regional Depository) Walnut Street and Commonwealth Avenue, Box 1601, 
Harrisburg, PA 17105.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of September 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert A. Capra,
Director Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-25280 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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